Re: virus: Being a slave to <reason> leads inevitably to delusion

At Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:15:19 EST, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 2/18/99 7:57:07 PM Central Standard Time, MemeLab@aol.com>writes:>><< >>Now, where were we? Ah, yes..> > Being a slave to <reason> leads inevitably to delusion.<<> > Okay, I will try to give this a true meaning. If you believe that there is> only one possible reasonable conclusion to any question, you will probably> turn into a genuine "logic nazi" and will fill your own and perhaps others> lives with delusion. Being consistently rational, is not the same thing as> this.>>>>The primary cause of logic nazi syndrome, is a failure to distinguish between>justifications which can be reasonable and varied, and rational criticism,>which is uncompromisingly consistent. Realizing this distinction allows us to>understand that reasonable, rational people can differ on the answer to any>one given question, while allowing us appreciate that the process of rational>criticism is assymetrical, tending to create more agreements, than>disagreements.>>I have detected some of this "logic nazi" behavior in some very orthodox>Objectivists. While Objectivism has some very commendable aspects to it, some>which I have tried to incorporate myself, there does seem to be a very heady>tendency among more naive and emotionally charged individuals encountering>Objectivism for the first time, to slip into this logic nazi mode. Indeed>some have speculated that this ferver engulfed the Objectivist movement for>quite some time after the Branden/Rand split. This ferver may have prevented>Objectivism from achieving the greater philosophical maturity that some>individuals had hoped for it.>>This particular link is very informative on this interesting dynamic.> Pancritical Rationalism ->http://www.extropy.org/pcr.htm>>-Jake>>>
Joe E. Dees
Poet, Pagan, Philosopher